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>Are you sure you want to <I
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>justify</I
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the labels? The label class contains the
<TT
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>gtk_label_set_justify()</TT
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used to control the justification of a multi-line
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>What you probably want is to set the <I
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>alignment</I
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of the label, ie right align it, center it or left align
it. If you want to do this, you should use:</P
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>where the <TT
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>GtkWidget       *label;

/* horizontal : left align, vertical : top */
gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 0.0f, 0.0f);

/* horizontal : centered, vertical : centered */
gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 0.5f, 0.5f);

/* horizontal : right align, vertical : bottom */
gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label), 1.0f, 1.0f);</PRE
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